Insurance Fraud Line Receives 2,200 Calls in First Month
A month-old insurance fraud hot line has already received more than 2,200 calls alleging shifty activity, including a ring of chiropractors believed filing thousands in fraudulent claims, a spokesman says.
No arrests have been made, but investigators are following leads on cases across the country thanks to the toll-free hot line, said John Maes, spokesman for the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
The bureau, an industry trade association, was formed last month as part of an effort by insurers to eliminate what they contend is $17 billion a year in fraudulent and inflated claims.
The hot line began receiving calls Jan. 7 and had logged 2,252 by Wednesday.
Of those, 10% to 15% “have led to some sort of active investigative follow-up,” Maes said from bureau headquarters in suburban Palos Hills.
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